I suppose I've given this entry a strange title. A few weeks ago when I had my end of year review, I felt quite confident about what we've been doing and our plans for next year. I worried that pride comes before a fall and my husband reminded me to just enjoy it while it lasted, because it would likely pass. And it did. Last Friday, I started having a reoccurring thoughts about how I've been teaching Autumn about writing. I added a creative writing program this year to supplement Well Trained Mind's Writing with Ease, Year 2 . I found that Write About Me and Write about My World , published by EPS, were wonderful additions. The rote method of Writing With Ease has some gaps. There is no enjoyment of writing in the course for the student. I didn't want Autumn to miss out on that enjoyment--especially since she is very creative. As a side note, many of the passages used in WWE were also above her comprehension level (which interesti...